Method of forming handles for wind-shields or the like.



C. W. BECK.

METHOD OF FORMl-NG HANDLES FOR WIND SHIELDS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l8. I917.

1,283,459. Patented Nov. 5; 1918.

Quota e14 UNITED STATES PATENT onnrcn.

CHARLES W. BECK, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

METHOD FORMING HANDLES FOR WIND-SHIELDS OR THE LIKE.

Application filed June 18,1917. Serial No. 175,362.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. BECK, a

citizen of the United States of America,

- provide a construction which can bestamped or otherwise formed from asingle piece of wire; other objects of the invention are to provide anovel arrangement whereby the metal 'of the wire is upset'in such amanner as to formboth the handle proper and an integral bushing memberinto which the securing bolt is screwed; to provide a method ofproducing windshield handles or the like whereby the handle can'be moreeconomically manufactured than those now in use; and in general toprovide an improved and simplified method of producing handles forWindshields or the like.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a windshield handle embodyingmyinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the construction shown in Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view similar to Fig. 2, showing'the partlyformed wire blank from which the handle is formed;

Fig. 5 is a cross section'on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Describing'in detail the method of forming handles for Windshields orthe like and referring first to the. particular handle shown in thedrawings, A designates the handle having a central gripping portion B.curved downwardly at G and D and connecting the central portion withofl'set portions E and F. The latter terminate in downwardly bent.bushing portions G and H. The wire blank from which the handle is formedis originally of circular or other suitable cross section and is formedinto the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

completed handle shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in the following manner.

The wire is first bent to the outline shown in Fig. 4 and then by thefirst swaging or stampingBoperation the central or gripping portion isflattened out into a cross sectional form such as shown in Fig. 3.

The metal of the ofl'set portions E and F is then upset by a secondstamping or swaging operation to produce projecting shoul ders J and Kadjacent the upper end of the bushing members G and H which remain ofthe same size and cross section as the original ends of the wire fromwhich they are fornied.

In place of providing the usual separate bushing members which aregenerally employed for receiving a securing member, I I

L and M respectively to form interior threaded seats into which thesecuring bolts N and O can be screwed to fasten the handle in place onthe frame Q.

A windshield handle constructed by the method above described can beeconomically preferably utilize these ends G and H which are tapped outand internally threaded atmanufactured and avoids the necessity ofproviding separate bushing members. Also the entire construction can bemade from standard wire stock, and with the exception of tapping andthreading, the handles can be readily formedby stamping or swagingoperations. Various changes in the details of the operations performedin producing the article and in the type of thearticle produced can bemade within the scope of my claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The method of forming handles for Windshields or the like, comprisingbendin a wire to form a ripping portion and end portions connectef by anintermediate portion and upsetting the metal of the intermediateportion. to form a widened shoulder.

2. The method of forming handles for Windshields or the like, comprisingbending a wire to form a gripping portion and end portions connected byan intermediate portion, upsetting the metal of the intermediate portionto forma widened shoulder, and inportions, and 'upsettmg the metal ofthe set portions to form a 4. The method Windshields or the like whichcom ing a heavy piece 0 bushing portion. of forming handles f wire andsub3ecting bending the same portion and oflt'set offfor

rises takthe same to a' stamping operation to form a widened grippingportion and circular end portions, and. upsetting the metal'of the end10 portions to form bushmg portions.

In testimony whereof I ffix my signature.

CHARLES W. BECK,

